Jibanananda Das
Today is the 122nd anniversary of birth of much-admired Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.
Jibanananda Das was born on February 17, 1899 in Barishal.
He belonged to the group of poets who tried to shake off Rabindranath Tagore’s poetic influence.
Though Jibanananda did not achieve much popularity in his lifetime, his unique talent was realised after his death with the discovery of many of his manuscripts.
Nowadays critics consider him as the greatest poet of post-Tagore era.
Jibanananda Das started writing poems at an early age. While he was a student, his poem titled Barsa Abahan was published in the Brahmabadi in April 1919. Many of his poems were published in various literary magazines.
Jibanananda’s poems inspired a pride in Bengali nationhood, especially in the 1960s and during the war of independence in 1971. Though principally a poet, Jibanananda also wrote essays, short stories and novels.
His collections of poems include Jhara Palak, Dhusar Pandulipi, Banalata Sen, Mahaprthibi, Satti Tarar Timir, Rupasi Bangla, Bela Abela Kalbela and others.
Many of his novels were published posthumously including Malyaban, Sutirtha and others. He wrote about two hundred stories. A collection of his short stories is Jibanananda Daser Galpa. His completed works have been published in 12 volumes as Jibanananda Samagra from Kolkata, India.
The poet died in a tram accident in Kolkata on October 22, 1954.
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